Every video I see on some introduction to time-keeping history says things changed when quartz was discovered. I remember commercials for watches actually bragging in marketing campaigns about quartz time-keeping or whatever it is called. I don’t know what about quartz (is it an element) made it so important for keeping accurate time.
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Quartz isn’t an element, but a mineral that demonstrates what’s known as *piezoelectricity*. That is, when you run a current through it, it vibrates at a very specific frequency. That vibration can be harnessed with a watch mechanism and is more precise than older styles of clock.
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